But others have reacted to the mass firing threats with unease. They worry that the Trump administration’s bald attempts to focus political pain on Democrats and their constituencies muddles their attempt to keep the shutdown blame game focused solely on Schumer and Senate Democrats — and makes a solution to the standoff harder to find.

The Essential Air Service, which provides funding for rural airline routes, serves communities across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to the Department of Transportation.

Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, blamed Democrats in a tweet on Tuesday for the fact that “cruel” shutdown votes had forced the WIC nutrition program to run out of funds, prompting the Trump administration to redirect tariff revenue to keep it afloat.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that air traffic controllers are feeling increasing pressure at work amid the government shutdown for which Republicans and Democrats are both holding each other responsible.

→ The Community Health Center Program ’s funding lapsed at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Extending funding at current levels would cost roughly $4.3 billion on an annualized basis. Community health centers serve 34 million patients across the country, often lower-income people.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has eviscerated her own party amid the government shutdown in an X post blasting GOP leadership for playing politics with the lives of America’s poorest families.

The president, the vice president, the House speaker and other Republican members of Congress keep repeating it, but it's not true. Here are the details.

Investors and companies are dealing with more than just technical issues. A prolonged government shutdown could sap confidence in the U.S. markets and economy. IPO activity typically remains strong through October, then slows in the U.S. during the final two months of the year.

The biggest impact of the shutdown so far has been the constant rumors about potential furloughs and layoffs, uncertainty about who is still working, fragmented coordination between agencies and the inability to perform certain tasks with some workers gone, according to three workers from different agencies who spoke with the Sun-Times.